1. Kuliah #4 Iwan Sonjaya, MT
Game Design
Kuliah #4
Iwan Sonjaya, MT

2. Game Design Game Setting and World Storytelling and Narrative
Character Development

3. Game Setting and World
To someone who’s playing a game for the first time, the setting is vital to creating and sustaining player’s interest.
“Graphic versus Game-play” debate
Immersive ness and Suspension of disbelief
The importance of harmony

4. The Dimension of a Game World
The Physical Dimension
Dimensionality
Scale
Boundaries
The Temporal Dimension
Variable Time
Anomalous Time
Letting the Player Adjust Time

5. The Dimension of a Game World
The Environmental Dimension
Cultural context
Physical Surroundings
Detail
Defining a style
Overused Settings
Source of Inspiration

6. The Dimension of a Game World
The Emotional Dimension
Limitation of fun
The Ethical Dimension
Game violence

7. Game Setting and World
Realism versus Abstraction
The Save-Game Issue

8. Storytelling and Narrative
The Story Spectrum
No Story
Arcade
Game
Strategy
FPS
RPG/Adventure
Story-based
Game-play
Increasing Importance of Story to Gameplay
Increasing game Complexity

9. Storytelling and Narrative
Christopher Vogler’s hero’s journey:
The ordinary world
The call to adventure
The refusal of the call
The meeting with the mentor
Crossing the first threshold
Tests, allies, and enemies
The approach to the innermost cave
The ordeal
The reward
The road back
The resurrection
The return with the reward

10. Circular Story Form Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Ordinary World Call to Adventure
Refusal
Meeting the Mentor
Crossing the First Threshold
Test, Allies, and Enemies
Approach to the Innermost Cave
Ordeal
Reward
The Road Back
Resurrection
Return with the Reward
Circular Story Form

11. Plot Pacing Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Delayed crisis in a three-act story
First Threshold
Ordeal
Climax
The Road Back
Delayed crisis in a three-act story
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
First Threshold
Ordeal
Climax
The Road Back
Central crisis in a three-act story
Central
Crisis
Delayed Crisis

12. Storytelling and Narrative
Balancing Narrative and Game-play
Multi-Part Stories
Series
Serials
Episodic Delivery

13. Character Development
Art-Driven Character Design
Visual Design
Physical Design and Super-Sensuality
Cute Sidekicks

14. Character Development
Story-Driven Character Design
The character needs to intrigue the player
The character needs to get the player to like him
The character needs to change and grow according to experience.

15. Growth of Character Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Limited Awareness
Increased Awareness
Reluctance to Change
Overcoming
Committing
Experimenting
Preparing
Big Change
Consequences
Rededication
Final Attempt
Mastery
Growth of Character

16. Character Development
Character Archetypes
Hero
Mentor
Higher Self
Allies
Shape Shifter
Threshold Guardian
Trickster
Shadow
Herald